A sunny Saturday morning, a car and the Algarve to explore.What a winning combination. We had a few destinations in mind, but no “must sees”.
There were several pottery shops along the roads. We made our first stop at Porches Pottery. The entire shop is a work of art.
We actually got to see one of the artists at work. I have to say there is a negative and a positive to travelling with only carry on luggage…. it restricts what you can purchase, and it restricts what you can purchase.
We ended up doing a part of the Seven Hanging Valleys Trail. It is a very popular and scenic hike. Even though the rock formation is similar along the Algarve coast, every time I look at it, I get a “pinch me” moment. Marinha Beach has been awarded as one of the top 100 most beautiful beaches in the world, although not sure how anyone could decide as they are all beautiful.
My GPS said we did 3.85 km out of the 11.9 km if you had completed the trail, out and back.
Mostly the trail was easy, except for the couple of parts where you had to use your mountain goat skills. Daryl managed it in flip flops.
There was very little wooded areas on the trail, mostly it was along the rocky coastline.
When you don’t have a hat on a hot sunny day, you make do!
After all that hard work it was time for relaxation. We had read that the Quinta dos Vales Wine Estate had a sculpture filled garden. We were not disappointed, and must have spent an hour wandering the extensive grounds as there had to have been hundreds of sculptures.
This is just a small sampling of the sculptures throughout the extensive grounds. And of course we had to try the product and gave it a big thumbs up.
Cheers
Ruth
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Beautiful scenery and gorgeous pottery! You are certainly enjoying Portugal
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Amazing adventure
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